UPDATE: Story of dentist who pulled boyfriend's teeth likely a hoax

UPDATE: A new report from MSNBC suggests that the original
report is a hoax. Contributor Erin Tennant claims to have received a
translated denial from Polish authorities calling into question the report first
run by The Daily
Mail and Austrian
Times.

Several outlets, including Yahoo News, The New York Daily News, Fox News, The
Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Huffington Post and MSN
itself, which has now retracted its original story, carried the report. Here are
some of the new details from their investigation:

In a translated email, a police spokesperson in Wroclaw, Poland says they
are not investigating such a case.

A legal adviser for Poland's Chamber of Physicians and Dentists also tells
MSNBC they are not investigating such a case and are not aware of a dentist
named "Anna Maćkowiak" in their records.

The article's original bylined author, Simon Tomlinson of the Daily Mail,
says he does not know where the original story originated, despite bearing his
name. "I've drawn a bit of a blank," he told MSNBC.

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If you're planning a trip to the dentist, it might not be the wisest decision
to make your appointment with the person with whom you just broke up.

A Polish woman is facing three years in prison after she removed all of her
ex-boyfriend's teeth during dental surgery just days after their breakup.

"I tried to be professional and detach myself from my emotions," Anna
Mackowiak, 34, told the Austrian
Times. "But when I saw him lying there I just thought, 'What a bastard' and
decided to take all his teeth out."

Marek Olszewski, 45, reportedly showed up at Mackowiak's dental office
complaining of toothache just days after he broke up with her. She then
allegedly gave him a "heavy dose" of anesthetic, locked the door and began
removing all of his teeth one at a time.

"I knew something was wrong because when I woke up I couldn't feel any teeth
and my jaw was strapped up with bandages," Olszewski said.

"She told me my mouth was numb and I wouldn't be able to feel anything for a
while and that the bandage was there to protect the gums, but that I would need
to see a specialist," he said.

"I didn't have any reason to doubt her, I mean I thought she was a
professional."

Adding to his trauma, Olszewski said his new girlfriend has already left him
over his now toothless appearance.

"And I'm going to have to pay a fortune on getting indents or something," he
said.